Combined railway-tie and rail-brace.



PATENTED DEC, 15, 1903.

G. M. WILLIAMS. COMBINED RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL BEACH. I

APPLIOATION FILED OUT. 5. 1903.

K0 MODEL.

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PATENT Fries,

GEORGE M. WILLIAMS, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO O. O. BREWER, OF UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO.

COMBINED RAILWAY-TIE AND RAIL-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,905, dated December 15, 1903.

' Application filed October 5, 1903. Serial No. 175.863. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen M. WILLIAMS, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Upper Sandusky, in the county of Wyandot and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Railway- Tie and Rail-Brace; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying'drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in metallic railway-ties and rail braces or fasteners; and it has for its object the provision of a metallic railwaytie provided at its ends with suitable housings or flanges adapted to engage the outer edges of the base portions of the rails and is also provided with hinged clamping members, the ends of which are adapted to be forced outwardly from the longitudinal center of the rail and to engage over the inner edge of the base of the rail, thereby serving to securely retain the rail-base in position upon the tie and eflfectually prevent the spreading of the rails or their being thrown out of alinement from any cause, provision being had for the expansion and contraction of the rails and tie caused by variations in temperature.

To these ends and to such others as the invention may pertain the same consists in the novel construction of the metallic tie and its connections and in the peculiar arrangement,

combination ,and adaptation of parts,all as will be more fully hereinafter described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, like letters referring to the same parts'throughout the several views, and in which drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my railway-tie and rail-fastener, the same being shown as in actual'use. Fig. 2 is a central vertical longitudinal section through the device with the railclamping members shown in locked relation to the rails.

Fig. 3 is a like view in which the rail-locking members are shown as released from the rail. Reference now being bad to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the railplate or railway-tie, which may be constructed either of malleable or cast steel or other metal adapted to the purpose, and it consists, essentially, of a base portion B, having one of itsends bent upon itself to form a wedgeshaped recess B, and the opposite end of the tie is bent at right angles to the body portion to form the vertically-extending flange B 0 is a metallic plate which is secured to the upper face of the tie A at the end at which the vertical flange B is provided. This plate 0 is upon its under side cut away to form a wedge-shaped recess 0 which recess is adapted to engage the outer edge of the base portion of the rail.

D and E are twohinged plates or castings of metal, said castings having hinged connections at their inner ends at a point substantially above the longitudinal center of the tie, and these hinged sect-ions are adapted to be held to the tie by means of vertical bolts F F, which are passed upwardly through openings formed in the tie, said bolts being extended through elongated slots G, formed in the plates, as shown. The outer ends of the plates or castings D and E are cut away on their under sides to form the wedge-shaped recesses I I, which are adapted to engage over the inner edges of the base portions of the railway-rails.

From the foregoing description the operation of the device will be readily understood. When it is desired to secure the rails to the tie, it is simply necessary to loosen the nuts upon the upper ends of the bolts F su iiiciently to permit the ends of the hinged plates D and E to be raised a sufficient distance to admit the rails to be inserted, after which the tightening of the nuts will serve to draw the said hinged plates down securely in place, thereby binding or looking the rails to the tie.

Having thus fully described myinventiou, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A metallic railwaytie and rail-fastener, the same comprising in combination, a metallic plate having one of its ends bent upon itself IOC 10 plates and the body portions provided with elongated openings to receive bolts passed upward through the tie, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE M. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

AUSTIN M. BROWN, W. P. ROWLAND. 

